Truth Quote by Ernest Hemingway — Inspiring Words on Life, Love & Wisdom

“I have never seen or heard of such a fish. But I must kill him. I am glad we do not have to try to kill the stars.” Imagine if each day a man must try to kill the moon, he thought. The moon runs away. . . . Then he was sorry for the great fish that had nothing to eat and his determination to kill him never relaxed in his sorrow for him. . . . There is no one worthy of eating him from the manner of his behavior and his great dignity. I do not understand these things, he thought. But it is good that we do not have to try to kill the sun or the moon or the stars. It is enough to live on the sea and kill our true brothers.”

“If two people love each other there can be no happy end to it.”

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”

“The best way to find out if you can trust somebody is to trust them.”

“I like to listen. I have learned a great deal from listening carefully. Most people never listen.”

“He was a lonely ghost uttering a truth that nobody would ever hear. But so long as he uttered it, in some obscure way the continuity was not broken. It was not by making yourself heard but by staying sane that you carried on the human heritage.”

“What a sad story, I thought for so long. Not that I now think it was happy. But I think it is true, and thus the question of whether it is sad or happy has no meaning whatever.”

“The truth comes to me. The truth loves me.”

“You aren't doing "nothing" when you choose to put your well-being first. In fact, this is the key to having everything.”

“In practical life we are compelled to follow what is most probable ; in speculative thought we are compelled to follow truth.”

“It is futile to argue as to which single leaf, which design of branch, or which attractive flower you like; when you understand the root, you understand all its blossoming.”